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Cardiovascular Biology & Biomechanics Graduate Curriculum
     
       
Required for ALL BME Students
Integrative Core (6 credit hours)


Select Two:
BMED 7011 Integrative Core
Introduction to Modeling and Experimentation in Biomedical Engineering

BMED 7012 Integrative Core
Experimental Design-Measurements at the Right Spatial and Temporal Scales

BMED 7013 Integrative Core
Problem Solving with Computational Models

Ethics (2+ credit hours)
Emory PSI 600
PHIL 6010 Biomedical Ethics


Cardiovascular Biology & Biomechanics Track Specific Requirements
Advanced Seminar (3 credit hours)
BMED 8813 Cardiovascular Biology & Biomechanics

Must be in 2nd year or higher, taken required biology and engineering courses, and passed qualifying exam to enroll. Open to non BME students in the research area.

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Engineering & Bioscience Fundamentals (18+ credit hours)
  • At least one bioscience and one engineering course should be taken prior to the qualifying exam at the end of year 1.
  • Credit from prior graduate degree work (e.g. MS or MD) may be substituted for Engineering and Bioscience Fundamentals upon approval of the Graduate Committee. Emory MD/PhD student can receive up to 9 units credit toward Bioscience requirements. MS course work from other institutions must be submitted to the Graduate Committee a syllabus from each course.
Required Biology (1 of the following:)
  • IBS 555 - Basic Biomedical and Biological Science I
  • IBS 556 - Basic Biomedical and Biological Science II
  • BMED 6042 - Systems Physiology
  • BMED/ME 6793 - Systems Pathophysiology
Required Engineering (1 of the following:)
  • ME 3340 - Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 4340 - Applied Fluid Dynamics
  • ME 6601 - Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
  • BMED 6743 - Tissue Mechanics
  • BMED 6720/ME 8873 - Biotransport

Other Recommended Courses: (to complete 18+ credit hours)

Anything from the lists above not taken to fulfill the requirement can also be considered as recommended courses to fulfill the remaining 18 hours.

Applied Physiology courses

  • APPH 6225 - Biostatistics
Biomedical Engineering courses
  • BMED 6041 - Analytical Methods
Chemical Engineering courses
  • CHBE 6765 - Drug Design Development and Delivery
ISYE courses
  • ISYE 6401 - Stat Models & Dsgn Expts
  • ISYE 6416 - Computational Statistics
Mechanical Engineering courses
  • ME 6796 - Structure-Property Relationships in Materials
  • ME 7772 - Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics
  • ME 7774 - Fundamentals of Fatique


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